Congress demands answers from Google over Glass privacy concerns
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/17/2013
Excerpt: Credit: Rachel King/ZDNetA group of Congress members have sent a letter to Google seeking answers to privacy and data concerns caused by Google Glass. The letter (. pdf), addressed to CEO Larry Page, was sent by eight members of Congress led by U. S. Rep. Joe Barton, Texas. The members of the Congressional bipartisan Privacy Caucus say they are concerned about possible misuse of information gathered by Google's new product, and whether Google Glass will "infringe on the privacy of the average American. "
The headset, which is able to record video footage and take photos based on voice commands, has already been jailbroken within the developer phase.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Congress, Google Glasses
I want to work with more women.
blog.dwolla.com
on 05/17/2013
Excerpt: I can’t find enough women to work with and that’s really frustrating. I’ve been trying to understand how to change that. Last week at Big Omaha, I had the awesome opportunity to listen to Cindy Gallop speak about women in the workplace, as well as have a great conversation with Sally Nellson Barrett from Malone & Company on the subject. A few things stuck out to me, and I started thinking about my own life. I was basically raised by two women, my grandmother and my mother. They created a lot of structure in my life, and I arguably have been trying to figure that out for myself since I moved out of the house. Their work ethic and personality traits were truly unbelievable.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Female, Women
→ Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals
www.nytimes.com
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: The company confirmed that reporters at Bloomberg News, the journalism arm of Bloomberg L. P. , had for years used the company’s terminals to monitor when subscribers had logged onto the service and to find out what types of functions, like the news wire, corporate bond trades or an equities index, they had looked at. Bloomberg terminals, which cost an average of more than $20,000 a year, are found in nearly every banking and trading company.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Bloomberg
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform | Threat Level | Wired.com
www.wired.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Illustration: National Institutes of Health
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U. S. , in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system. Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (. pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID.... read the full post.
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Details Emerge About Syrian Electronic Army’s Recent Exploits
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: By NICK BILTON and NICOLE PERLROTH The Onion The Onion released a screenshot of the phishing e-mail used to hack into the company’s Twitter account. At The Onion it’s all fun and games, except when the company’s Twitter account gets hacked. This week, after the parody site became the latest publication to have its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, The Onion took a more serious note, explaining in a detailed blog post how the company’s account was hacked, and warning others how to avoid the exploit.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
New House privacy bill will require apps to gain consent before sharing personal data
www.zdnet.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: A new privacy bill would require application developers to explicitly gain consent before obtaining data from consumers, and compel them to securely maintain that data in accordance with mandatory privacy policies. Many app-related controversies have centered around the iPhone and iPad, as one of the most popular platforms for app developers. (Image: CNET)Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) brought the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act 2013 to the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives on Thursday in a bid to bolster confidence in the desktop and mobile apps market, which has been at the center of a number of privacy storms in the not-so-distant past.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Privacy
ProPublica to make data on Medicare drug program searchable
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: ProPublica will launch Prescriber Checkup on Saturday, a database that, as if guided by an occult hand, allows users to search which doctors are prescribing what drugs through Medicare. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s launch of the Nonprofit Explorer, a database that makes tax return information from nearly 616,000 nonprofit organizations searchable. In 2010 alone, doctors wrote over one billion prescriptions to Medicare patients. Further exploration of the rapidly expanding Medicare drug system will dovetail nicely with ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs project, which tracks how much private doctors earn from pharmaceutical companies.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data
Public Service: A Life of Commitment
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: As we celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year, recognizing the hard work and best efforts of our federal, state, county, and local government employees, it gives me pause to reflect on my experience as a career public servant. I have been fortunate to have worked in many great agencies, and have served under several White House administrations. My job has enabled me to travel around the country and meet public servants in all corners of our 50 states. It has also provided me with an opportunity to receive direct feedback from our citizens. I can find no words to convey how I feel when people of all cultures, backgrounds, and ages come up and say “thank you.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
United Nations Agency to Discuss Internet Governance Again
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Excerpt: I can’t find enough women to work with and that’s really frustrating. I’ve been trying to understand how to change that. Last week at Big Omaha, I had the awesome opportunity to listen to Cindy Gallop speak about women in the workplace, as well as have a great conversation with Sally Nellson Barrett from Malone & Company on the subject. A few things stuck out to me, and I started thinking about my own life. I was basically raised by two women, my grandmother and my mother. They created a lot of structure in my life, and I arguably have been trying to figure that out for myself since I moved out of the house. Their work ethic and personality traits were truly unbelievable.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Female, Women
→ Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals
www.nytimes.com
on 05/11/2013
Excerpt: The company confirmed that reporters at Bloomberg News, the journalism arm of Bloomberg L. P. , had for years used the company’s terminals to monitor when subscribers had logged onto the service and to find out what types of functions, like the news wire, corporate bond trades or an equities index, they had looked at. Bloomberg terminals, which cost an average of more than $20,000 a year, are found in nearly every banking and trading company.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Bloomberg
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform | Threat Level | Wired.com
www.wired.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Illustration: National Institutes of Health
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U. S. , in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system. Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (. pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Voice
Details Emerge About Syrian Electronic Army’s Recent Exploits
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: By NICK BILTON and NICOLE PERLROTH The Onion The Onion released a screenshot of the phishing e-mail used to hack into the company’s Twitter account. At The Onion it’s all fun and games, except when the company’s Twitter account gets hacked. This week, after the parody site became the latest publication to have its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, The Onion took a more serious note, explaining in a detailed blog post how the company’s account was hacked, and warning others how to avoid the exploit.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
New House privacy bill will require apps to gain consent before sharing personal data
www.zdnet.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: A new privacy bill would require application developers to explicitly gain consent before obtaining data from consumers, and compel them to securely maintain that data in accordance with mandatory privacy policies. Many app-related controversies have centered around the iPhone and iPad, as one of the most popular platforms for app developers. (Image: CNET)Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) brought the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act 2013 to the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives on Thursday in a bid to bolster confidence in the desktop and mobile apps market, which has been at the center of a number of privacy storms in the not-so-distant past.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Privacy
ProPublica to make data on Medicare drug program searchable
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: ProPublica will launch Prescriber Checkup on Saturday, a database that, as if guided by an occult hand, allows users to search which doctors are prescribing what drugs through Medicare. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s launch of the Nonprofit Explorer, a database that makes tax return information from nearly 616,000 nonprofit organizations searchable. In 2010 alone, doctors wrote over one billion prescriptions to Medicare patients. Further exploration of the rapidly expanding Medicare drug system will dovetail nicely with ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs project, which tracks how much private doctors earn from pharmaceutical companies.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data
Public Service: A Life of Commitment
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: As we celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year, recognizing the hard work and best efforts of our federal, state, county, and local government employees, it gives me pause to reflect on my experience as a career public servant. I have been fortunate to have worked in many great agencies, and have served under several White House administrations. My job has enabled me to travel around the country and meet public servants in all corners of our 50 states. It has also provided me with an opportunity to receive direct feedback from our citizens. I can find no words to convey how I feel when people of all cultures, backgrounds, and ages come up and say “thank you.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
United Nations Agency to Discuss Internet Governance Again
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Excerpt: Illustration: National Institutes of Health The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U. S. , in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system. Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (. pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID.... read the full post.
Tags: , API-Voice
Details Emerge About Syrian Electronic Army’s Recent Exploits
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: By NICK BILTON and NICOLE PERLROTH The Onion The Onion released a screenshot of the phishing e-mail used to hack into the company’s Twitter account. At The Onion it’s all fun and games, except when the company’s Twitter account gets hacked. This week, after the parody site became the latest publication to have its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, The Onion took a more serious note, explaining in a detailed blog post how the company’s account was hacked, and warning others how to avoid the exploit.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
New House privacy bill will require apps to gain consent before sharing personal data
www.zdnet.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: A new privacy bill would require application developers to explicitly gain consent before obtaining data from consumers, and compel them to securely maintain that data in accordance with mandatory privacy policies. Many app-related controversies have centered around the iPhone and iPad, as one of the most popular platforms for app developers. (Image: CNET)Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) brought the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act 2013 to the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives on Thursday in a bid to bolster confidence in the desktop and mobile apps market, which has been at the center of a number of privacy storms in the not-so-distant past.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Privacy
ProPublica to make data on Medicare drug program searchable
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: ProPublica will launch Prescriber Checkup on Saturday, a database that, as if guided by an occult hand, allows users to search which doctors are prescribing what drugs through Medicare. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s launch of the Nonprofit Explorer, a database that makes tax return information from nearly 616,000 nonprofit organizations searchable. In 2010 alone, doctors wrote over one billion prescriptions to Medicare patients. Further exploration of the rapidly expanding Medicare drug system will dovetail nicely with ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs project, which tracks how much private doctors earn from pharmaceutical companies.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data
Public Service: A Life of Commitment
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: As we celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year, recognizing the hard work and best efforts of our federal, state, county, and local government employees, it gives me pause to reflect on my experience as a career public servant. I have been fortunate to have worked in many great agencies, and have served under several White House administrations. My job has enabled me to travel around the country and meet public servants in all corners of our 50 states. It has also provided me with an opportunity to receive direct feedback from our citizens. I can find no words to convey how I feel when people of all cultures, backgrounds, and ages come up and say “thank you.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
United Nations Agency to Discuss Internet Governance Again
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Excerpt: A new privacy bill would require application developers to explicitly gain consent before obtaining data from consumers, and compel them to securely maintain that data in accordance with mandatory privacy policies. Many app-related controversies have centered around the iPhone and iPad, as one of the most popular platforms for app developers. (Image: CNET)Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) brought the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act 2013 to the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives on Thursday in a bid to bolster confidence in the desktop and mobile apps market, which has been at the center of a number of privacy storms in the not-so-distant past.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Privacy
ProPublica to make data on Medicare drug program searchable
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: ProPublica will launch Prescriber Checkup on Saturday, a database that, as if guided by an occult hand, allows users to search which doctors are prescribing what drugs through Medicare. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s launch of the Nonprofit Explorer, a database that makes tax return information from nearly 616,000 nonprofit organizations searchable. In 2010 alone, doctors wrote over one billion prescriptions to Medicare patients. Further exploration of the rapidly expanding Medicare drug system will dovetail nicely with ProPublica’s Dollars for Docs project, which tracks how much private doctors earn from pharmaceutical companies.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data
Public Service: A Life of Commitment
www.fcc.gov
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: As we celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year, recognizing the hard work and best efforts of our federal, state, county, and local government employees, it gives me pause to reflect on my experience as a career public servant. I have been fortunate to have worked in many great agencies, and have served under several White House administrations. My job has enabled me to travel around the country and meet public servants in all corners of our 50 states. It has also provided me with an opportunity to receive direct feedback from our citizens. I can find no words to convey how I feel when people of all cultures, backgrounds, and ages come up and say “thank you.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
United Nations Agency to Discuss Internet Governance Again
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Excerpt: As we celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year, recognizing the hard work and best efforts of our federal, state, county, and local government employees, it gives me pause to reflect on my experience as a career public servant. I have been fortunate to have worked in many great agencies, and have served under several White House administrations. My job has enabled me to travel around the country and meet public servants in all corners of our 50 states. It has also provided me with an opportunity to receive direct feedback from our citizens. I can find no words to convey how I feel when people of all cultures, backgrounds, and ages come up and say “thank you.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Sunlight Foundation: The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
sunlightfoundation.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Stay up to date on Sunlight’s work in D. C. , throughout the country and around the world, as well as the latest open government, transparency and technology news. The Impact of Opening up Lobbying Data
by Alisha Green May 10, 2013, 9:51 a. m. We found a varied landscape when we explored what cities include in releases of lobbying data and how they release it, but one thing is clear: Disclosing and contextualizing lobbying data can have a high impact on a community.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Federal Government
United Nations Agency to Discuss Internet Governance Again
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
on 05/10/2013
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
Excerpt: Only five months ago, at a treaty conference convened by a U. N. agency called the International Telecommunication Union, the U. S. delegation stormed out, refusing to sign the proposed document, saying it posed a threat to the current, decentralized Internet governance system. Several dozen other countries joined the boycott. The telecommunication union has always insisted that the treaty, which it is still lobbying holdout governments to sign, had nothing to do with the Internet, even though pretty much everyone else in Dubai seemed to think it did. Next week, beginning Monday, the agency can make no such protestations about a meeting it is convening in Geneva.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice
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